Genesis Health Clubs announced Tuesday the purchase of both Max Fitness locations in Manhattan, KS. Currently Genesis owns/operates 20 clubs in Wichita, Hutchinson, Salina, Emporia, Lawrence, Topeka, Leavenworth, Manhattan and McPherson, Kansas, one club in St. Joseph, Missouri and two clubs in Springfield, MO. With 28 years of experience and great expertise in the health and fitness industry, Genesis Health Clubs owner Rodney Steven II and his staff are looking forward to bringing their passion for health and fitness and excellence in customer service to Manhattan. “In short order, Rodney Steven has developed and perfected the recipe of providing an…
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By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Clarence “Perk” Reitemeier, a member of K-State baseball’s All-Century Team, passed away this past Sunday in Parsons, Kansas. He was 86. Reitemeier was not just a three-year starter for the Wildcat baseball team but an outstanding pitcher and hitter from 1950-51 and 1954. In 1950, he led the team with 65 innings pitched and 50 strikeouts while in 1951, he paced the Wildcats in batting average (.383) and home runs (4). Also in 1951, Reitemeier had a 4-4 record as a pitcher, striking out 35 in a team-best 55 2/3 innings. After a two-year…
Marion “Suge” Knight joined by his attorney David Kenner, left, during his arraignment, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, in Compton, Calif. Knight, 49, pleaded not guilty on to murder, attempted murder and other charges filed after he struck two men with his truck last week.
Supporters and family members of Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh express their anger of his reported killing, outside the tribal gathering chamber, Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, 3, 2015. A video released online Tuesday purportedly showed al-Kaseasbeh who was captured by the Islamic State extremist group in Syria being burned to death by his captors following a weeklong drama over a possible prisoner exchange. At the tribal meeting place where the pilot’s relatives have waited for weeks for word on his fate, chants against Jordan’s King Abdullah II erupted and some family members wept.
Manhattan High’s Tyler Daveline signed his letter of intent to play soccer at Nebraska Wesleyan on Tuesday at MHS. Daveline was a first team all-league selection at defender in 2014 and helped the Indians to a 13-5-1 record. He was also a captain for the 2014 squad. Their season ended with a sub-state final loss to eventual 6A state runner-up Washburn Rural. Daveline will play for new Nebraska Wesleyan head coach Tudor Flintham who was hired in November.
On today’s In Focus, KMAN’s Laura Monsanto filled in for Cathy, and spoke with Manhattan Mayor, Wynn Butler and City Manager, Ron Fehr. Butler and Fehr-segment 1 Butler and Fehr-segment 2 Butler and Fehr-segment 3 Butler and Fehr-segment 4
The New England Patriots arrived safely back in a snowbound Boston Monday night.
Promising to help America’s middle class, President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget that would hammer corporate profits overseas and raise taxes
Arraignment was set for a Fort Riley soldier facing a rape charge in connection with an August incident. Sean Wedgwood appeared in Riley County District Court Monday, in Judge David Stutzman’s courtroom. Wedgwood will now prepare for a two-day jury trial on May 5th and 6th. As KMAN has previously reported, Wedgwood is accused of assaulting a woman in the Carmike Seth Child Cinema parking lot.
Krystal Koban removes snow from around her car during a winter storm, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, in Henniker, N.H.